• DocumentCode
    555125
  • Title

    Comparing Anti-Spyware products — A different approach

  • Author

    Shams, Reza ; Farhan, Mohammad ; Khan, Shoab Ahmed ; Hashmi, F.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. Eng., Sir Syed Univ. of Eng. & Technol., Karachi, Pakistan
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    20-22 Aug. 2011
  • Firstpage
    75
  • Lastpage
    80
  • Abstract
    Spyware is one of the biggest emerging threats that can target both home users and organisations simultaneously. Lots of Anti-Spyware products are available in the market which can protect from Spyware threat. Existing research shows that Spyware causes financial loss and efforts are being made to test Spyware to propose the best Anti-Spyware products to the end users. This research focuses on different aspects of Anti-Spyware testing that the test should be conducted in real life environment in which the users operate. Anti-Spyware programs are selected by carefully researching through existing test result s conducted by different internet security companies. The products are evaluated and tested to propose the suitable products to the end users. Some recommendations are also proposed on the basis of this research to help end user to increase their Spyware security.
  • Keywords
    invasive software; program testing; Internet security companies; anti spyware product comparison; anti spyware testing; financial loss; Browsers; Computers; Internet; Software; Spyware; Testing; Anti-Spyware; Internet; Security; Spyware;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence Conference (ITAIC), 2011 6th IEEE Joint International
  • Conference_Location
    Chongqing
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-8622-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ITAIC.2011.6030154
  • Filename
    6030154